CD Review: Vivaldi’s Pasticcio ‘Argippo’

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(Photo: Denis Rouvre) Naïve’s recent release, “Argippo,” is Volume 64 of its ongoing project to record the entire Vivaldi catalog held by the Italian National Library in Turin. However, unlike the other volumes, this work does not actually form part of the Turin collection. Initially written in 1730 to a libretto by Domenico Lalli for Vienna’s Theater am Kartner Tor {…}

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Bregenz Festival to Present Festival Days in August

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(Image Source: Bregenz Festival website) Bregenz Festival will showcase the Festival Days event in August, featuring several vocal and orchestral works. For the purpose of this article we will focus only on the vocal works. “Alles Wieder Gut” will spotlight bass-baritone Florian Boesch singing romantic art songs from Franz Schubert to Gustav Mahler, in a staging by the Swedish video {…}

Interviews, Stage Spotlight

A Titan Among Opera Singers – Baritone Michael Hewitt Discusses Fitness, His Appearance on ‘The Titan Games,’ and Opera’s Marketing Challenges

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“I am Khumn!” These were the first words ever spoken on stage by baritone Michael Hewitt. The phrase is one you might expect from the Narrator in “Akhnaten” but not in a fifth-grade educational history play about ancient Egypt. According to Hewitt, his entrance was dramatic and well-received. He recounted striding to center stage, dressed from head-to-toe in black and shrouded in dense fog. {…}

Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Q & A: Keri-Lynn Wilson on ‘Inspired by,’ Repertoire & Wagner

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(Credit: Erik Berg) Over the last 20 years Maestro Keri-Lynn Wilson has developed one of the most distinguished careers as a conductor. She has led some of the greatest orchestras and opera companies and has worked with some of the world’s most renowned soloists and singers. Her repertoire is vast and ever-expanding as her curiosity to explore new works can {…}

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Q & A: San Francisco Conservatory of Music Voice Chair César Ulloa On the Art & Craft of Voice Instruction

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(Credit: Valentina Sadiul) What makes a master singing teacher? Is it someone who knows the art of singing from both sides of the curtain? Or is it someone who cultivates a singer’s natural gifts, enabling the budding artist to bring out her/his inner voice? Perhaps it is both of these. César Ulloa is Voice Department Chair at the San Francisco {…}

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Opéra National Du Rhin In Strasbourg Names General Director

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Opéra National du Rhin in Strasbourg has named a new general director. The company announced that Alain Perroux will become the company’s director after the death of the much esteemed Eva Kleinitz. Perroux graduated from Haute École and the University of Geneve and became a music journalist at Le Temps from 1991 to 2001. He then became a dramaturg for {…}

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Royal Swedish Opera 2019-20 Review: Der Ferne Klang

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(Photo credit: Monika Rittershaus) As the first new production of the new season, the Royal Swedish Opera offered up “Der ferne Klang” from Franz Schreker, a work not seen on this stage since 1927. Created in Frankfurt in 1912, “Der ferne Klang” is a complex work composed over almost the entire first decade of the 20th century. The success at its {…}

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Artist Profile: Pauline Viardot, A Legendary Singer & Prolific Composer

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Pauline Viardot was more than just a famed singer of her time. Today, she’s also increasingly remembered as a skilled composer. Born on July 18, 1821 in Paris, she grew up with a musical family. Her father was a tenor, a singing teacher, a composer, and an impresario. Her sister was a professional singer. She spent her childhood traveling and {…}

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Q & A: Pinchgut Opera’s Erin Helyard On Winning An International Opera Award & Moving Forward

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Sydney-based Pinchgut Opera became the first Australian company to win an International Opera Award when it was recently awarded best “Rediscovered Work” for Hasse’s 1740 “Artaserse” at this year’s Awards in London. OperaWire talked to the organization’s Artistic Director, Erin Helyard about the company’s beginnings, upcoming projects, and future endeavors. . OperaWire: What is Pinchgut? What is its brief and {…}

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CD Review: Vivaldi’s Pasticcio ‘Argippo’

Bregenz Festival to Present Festival Days in August

A Titan Among Opera Singers – Baritone Michael Hewitt Discusses Fitness, His Appearance on ‘The Titan Games,’ and Opera’s Marketing Challenges

Q & A: Keri-Lynn Wilson on ‘Inspired by,’ Repertoire & Wagner

Q & A: San Francisco Conservatory of Music Voice Chair César Ulloa On the Art & Craft of Voice Instruction

Opéra National Du Rhin In Strasbourg Names General Director

Royal Swedish Opera 2019-20 Review: Der Ferne Klang

Artist Profile: Pauline Viardot, A Legendary Singer & Prolific Composer

Q & A: Pinchgut Opera’s Erin Helyard On Winning An International Opera Award & Moving Forward